Following today’s announcement from the Wi-Fi Alliance® detailing the
new Wi-Fi CERTIFIED WPA3™ program for strengthening personal and
enterprise access network authentication and encryption, Aerohive has
reiterated its own commitment to protecting customer networks. As
attackers continue to target enterprise Wi-Fi networks, Aerohive echoes
the Wi-Fi Alliance’s view that security requirements must continue to
evolve, signaling continued Wi-Fi CERTIFIED technology support, along
with its own additional security innovations for enhanced threat
protection.

The new Wi-Fi CERTIFIED program builds upon the existing WPA2 security
by providing an enriched set of security features to create
WPA3-Personal and WPA3-Enterprise. WPA3 will address many of the
concerns surrounding legacy authentication and encryption methods on a
shared network, helping enterprises prevent network vulnerabilities.
Having implemented several innovative Wi-Fi security capabilities in
preparation for the latest industry security movement, Aerohive believes
access networks will be in their strongest position to welcome all
manner of corporate, guest, BYOD, and IoT devices, without opening the
door to typically associated exploits.

The Wi-Fi CERTIFIED WPA3 and Aerohive’s innovations are shaping highly
secure networks of the future, with advances including:

Strengthened user privacy by mandating the use of the Advanced
Encryption Standard (AES) and restricting the use of legacy protocols,
such as WEP & TKIP. Aerohive has supported higher levels of encryption
across its product portfolio since shipping the first products in 2007.

Superior password security by offering the choice to replace
Pre-Shared Key (PSK) with Simultaneous Authentication of Equals (SAE).
SAE delivers more resilient password-based authentication, offering
protection against dictionary attacks and limiting password guess
attempts. Aerohive identified PSK vulnerabilities in 2009 and
introduced Private PSK (PPSK) to provide unique Pre-Shared Keys per
user or device. In 2016, Aerohive recognized the security value of
SAE, and took it one step further by engineering Private SAE (PSAE), a
version with enhanced capabilities. With these continued security
innovations, Aerohive is able to offer the highest level of
password-based security: WPA2 PSK & PPSK for legacy clients and WPA3
SAE & PSAE for the new generation of WPA3 capable clients.

Improved network resiliency by mandating use of Protected Management
Frames (PMF). PMF provides protection against 3rd-party
eavesdropping or forging of management frames. PMF is another area
where Aerohive was ahead of the curve, first implementing this
technology years back in previous generations of its access points.

Lastly, improving cryptographic strength for government, defense, and
other security-sensitive environments is crucial for security so
WPA3-Enterprise offers an optional 192-bit security capability.
Aerohive has gone a step further with its access points supporting
128-, 192-, and 256-bit security.

As outlined, Aerohive is fully committed to the security of Wi-Fi
networks and the Wi-Fi Alliance Wi-Fi CERTIFIED WPA3 program. In order
to maintain this level of commitment to security, Aerohive will add
Wi-Fi CERTIFIED WPA3 compliance to its portfolio in 2018 to support the
new generation of WPA3-compliant clients.

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including
statements regarding new Aerohive product and service offerings and
statements regarding their expected performance, market receptiveness
and competitive advantage. These forward-looking statements are based on
current expectations and are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks
and changes in circumstances that are difficult or impossible to
predict. The actual outcomes and results may differ materially from
those contemplated by these forward-looking statements as a result of
these uncertainties, risk and changes in circumstances, including, but
not limited to, risks and uncertainties related to: general demand for
wireless networking in the industry verticals targeted or demand for
Aerohive products in particular, unpredictable and changing market
conditions, risks associated with the deployment, performance and
adoption of new products and services, risks associated with our growth,
competitive pressures from existing and new companies, technological
change, product development delays, our inability to protect Aerohive
intellectual property or to predict or limit exposure to third party
claims relating to its or Aerohive's intellectual property, and general
market, political, regulatory, economic and business conditions in the
United States and internationally.

Additional risks and uncertainties that could affect Aerohive’s
financial and operating results are included under the captions "Risk
Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations," in the Company’s recent annual
report on Form 10-K and quarterly report on Form 10-Q. Aerohive’s SEC
filings are available on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s
website at http://ir.aerohive.com
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information available to the Company as of the date hereof, and Aerohive
Networks disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking
statements provided to reflect events that occur or circumstances that
exist after the date on which they were made, except as required by law.

About Aerohive Networks

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